The nurse using the Forchuck model of case management will see the essential component of case
management as
a. the one-on-one therapeutic relationship between nurse and client.
b. monitoring the cost-effect ratio of care provided by a managed care organization.
c. a melding of nursing roles to meet all manifest needs of a particular client.
d. advocacy for the client in the community in which he or she lives and works.
ANS: A
Forchuck incorporates Peplau's model as a basis for explaining case management activities and
responsibilities and suggests that the most important component is the supportive interpersonal
relationship of the nurse and patient. The other options are not central to case management as
Forchuck sees it.
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